Arab nations call on Taliban to reverse decision on women education

Arab countries called on the government run by the Taliban to reverse its decision to impose a ban on higher education for women in Afghanistan.
The call came a day after the country’s Taliban rulers ordered women nationwide to stop attending private and public universities at once until further notice.
Also Read Let Her Learn: Afghans raises voice against university ban for women On Tuesday, the spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education, Ziaullah Hashemi, shared on his Twitter account an official letter calling on public and private universities to ban education for women.
The university ban comes weeks after girls took high school exams, despite being prevented from attending classes, since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August 2021.
مهمه خبرتيا!! pic.twitter.com/9EwiUOkipN — حافظ ضياءالله هاشمي (Ziaullah) (@HafizZeiya) December 20, 2022 The move was widely condemned by governments around the world, including Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Saudi Arabia In a statement, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed “the Kingdom’s astonishment and regret at the decision of the Afghan caretaker government to deny Afghan women the right to university education.”